You got Weaboo right, Otakus are however, a derogatory term, and if you called yourself one infront of a Japanese person, I doubt they'd want to know you... (I have a Jap friend me and my buds call "George" - original name is something long - he tells us about people going "Oh i'm such a weaboo" and stuff liek that all the time, ticks him off cause they're insults and people are blind and yeah i'm ranting...)

I used to love anime, I wouldnt go too far to say that it was the best thing ever but after a while I got super tired of it because you know, Sturgeon's law: "90% of everything is crap", i got bored of anime just anime just like I got bored of tv here thats full of nothing but "reality tv".

i see pics of people who not only love anime but collect and spend all their money on oversea's dvds and merchandise which is just insane.

welp I have a passion for good stories and games.
For me animes are just part of the "good stories" passion so I tend to avoid anything that doesn't have at least a 7+ story. Unless it has good comedy.

But watching and spending money on something you like shouldn't be frowned upon imo, so what if they buy anime-related merchandise ? To me it's no different from a big fan of a game to buy a collector's edition, getting posters from a movie he likes a lot or simply buying books despite the fact that he can read them on the internet.

tbh, I just like animation in general(it doesnt have to be japanese) but anime's(at least the ones that arent related to highschool/moe cliches) tend to be more mature than the most cartoons here which tend to be for kids, and most of the actual adult animations are family guy/simpsons-ish or always comedy related. I really liked young justice/league though but it sucks that they alway get cancel for no apparent reason.

I have no problem with what someone want to do with their money to buy collectibles. having a room full of sports/anime memorabilia is pretty much the same thing everyone has their own passion but sports for example is more socially acceptable because sports can social interaction with other and actually going outside to see the game but anime stereotype fans for being basement dweller who are afraid of sunlight..

I probably only watch 1 anime a season, and play one game every couple of months, yet I alway see these cautionary tales of people who getting addicted to one or the both.

fun facts:
Transformers used to be an animation.
Spider man used to be an animation.
X-men used to be an animation.
Star wars Clone wars used to be an animation (there's also a recently made animation too)
Avengers used to be an animation.
Superman used to be an animation.
Batman used to be an animation.

And many others too. Maybe you're pathetic, lonely , socially awkward and lame because you watched something adapted from animations ?
No ? Then neither are people watching the said animation , no matter the origin.

I listed cartoons that gained a lot of popularity and were made into movies which also gained a lot of popularity.
Oh and because those are the ones that I have actually seen on Cartoon Network. What's wrong with me naming mostly american ones anyway?

You know the one thing I hate about being an anime fan in general?
It's the ignorant bashing of anime watchers.
Just because someone likes Chinese cartoons it doesn't mean they are weeaboo, I love anime, but I also am a fan of American cinema, I also love reading, mostly English literature. Does that make me a cenephile? Does that make me a *********************?
Hm? Anime, manga, Light Novels, Visual Novels, they are all mediums, mediums of story telling.
Stories merchants and wolf gods, a man who raises a bastard child no one wants, or maybe the romance story of people who have faced so much tragedy.
Some anime is over the top, some is loaded with fanservice, some is more pure than a little boys asshole before he joined the Catholic church, but it's not all the same.
Sure, I like anime, sure I like the Nips. You wanna know why? I admire them from a geopolitical standpoint, a complete lack of natural resources and so little land, and yet they have 3rd largest GDP in the world, that's ******* amazing. How about some of the moral of the citizens? When the hurricane took out the Hiroshima Power plant old retired Nuck workers volunteered to endure the radiation to fix the plant. I like the culture too, the history of warriors, Bushido, and how interesting the religion of Shinto is. But Japan isn't perfect, they are xenophic, depressed, and ****** up in all sorts of ways. And I like and dislike many other countries (like Canada and Sweden) as well.
Sure I wanna learn how to read moon runes and speak Jap. Because I've never managed to learn any other language. Maybe I am too stupid, but I always failed foreign language, Nip language is the only langauge I hear enough, it's the only other language I recognize the structure of, English has always been my sole prose, so if there is any hope for me, it's Jap
So ******* what? I wish some poeple would stop being so ******* ignorant

TLR Just because someone likes anime/Japan doesn't mean they are autistic or weaboos

you don't understand what a weeaboo is, a weeaboo is someone that takes anime culture to the extreme. Otakus =/= weeaboos. If you're living your life running with your arms behind you and with a naruto headband and talk like sakura is your waifu, you are a weeaboo. If you like anime, you are not a weeaboo.

My dad is a grown ass man who works hard as **** on his salvage yard & paint n body shop. He still enjoys his once a week candy, he still enjoys bugs bunny. Burly hard working redneck still enjoys playing kids games. Childish things are healthy, enjoy life to the fullest. If you think the best thing in the world is marathoning all of Case Closed in your christmas break, go enjoy yourself! If you want to watch all of Madoka in a night - feel free. If you'd rather read the mangas, the books, or even english books, movies, tv shows, whatever - have at. We all have our childish enjoyments. Embrace them, just try not to be too weird. And if you're going to be weird, go be weird with like-minded people. Don't let anyone pull you away from whatever you enjoy. MLP, Anime, Horror, Comedy, Cartoons, Books, Computers, Anything - you only have one life, do what makes you happy - always.

I'm attempting to find where i said all anime is just for children.. I'm not seeing it. Infact that was literally the opposite of the message I intended to send. Hell, my entire last line is about doing whatever makes you happy - always. I.. I just don't know where you got that from what I said...

In general, I consider anything non-productive to be fairly childish. There is something better you could be doing with your time, something that could better yourself, your family, your life, your job, etc. However, as an avid anime watcher myself, I see it in the same way you'd see a gamer or couch potato watching tv. It's not beneficial, but **** if I don't enjoy it. The entire point of what I wrote was to say "Regardless of how people see the activity you partake in, you should enjoy it anyways." and "Childish activities are a healthy thing that all of us enjoy". I have no idea where you got "Anime is just for children" from.

You have to understand that most poeple take it literally, besides, I don't think it's necessarily childish at all to like something. It's like the saying: "We don't stop playing games when we grow old, we grow old when we stop playing games." I just want people to understand that.

Meh, I see what you're saying, I for one am interested in Japan's culture to an extent as some of my favorite videogame franchises/characters/shows come from there. But Im not obsessed, if I like what I see I give it a shot. Im pretty open-minded.

Im not much for anime because I think it's all gone to ****, but one show I did finish watching a day ago, Mirai Nikki or Future Diary (in the U.S.), was pretty ******* intense. Interesting, but like I say, I like Japan to an extent. Not obsessive about it, I wouldn't consider myself an enthusiast, even though I end up knowing more information about stuff than some of these otakus.

What gets me is how people become so judgmental on subjects they know little to nothing about, if I say I love Canada people are hip hip hooray, if I say I like Japan, all of a sudden it's criminal. I see people being very careful with their words all the time, especially around touchy subjects, it's very much about being politically correct, but I'm not for that, and so I'll bite the bullet. As for anime, it hasn't really gone to ****, there is plenty of ****, but man, the past few years have turned out a lot of really great series. I think HxH and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure are amongst some of the best.

Well I will say Jojo's is a given, I've been reading the comic, uh manga. And it's one of those series where even though it's heavily Japanese oriented and geared towards a Japanese audience in terms of jokes and humor, it has a unique taste that breaks it from the typical mold of most other mangas/anime. Araki, is in my opinion, a genius for his work. I just can't consider it a manga because it garners a negative stereotype, even though I shouldn't be close minded that way. It's just so fresh, especially since it's been around since the 80s.

This whole overly pompous judgmental thing is kind of what I was taking about from the start.
True autism is exactly what people like you do.
I have a high typing speed, I can unload large amounts of text fairy quickly.

You serious "Rei"? All I said was that just because you like anime doesn't make you weeaboo who can't even into moon rune
Just in the same way that liking movies or books don't make you crazy either.
People can have sound reasons for liking things, and at the end of the day being a judgmental asshole is one thing, but being an ignorant judgmental asshole is another thing entirely.

The fact of the matter is that people love to **** on stuff they know nothing about
I for one don't agree with that.

You could have said the entire thing a lot better, instead of adding the stupid words like "*********************" which makes you look at stupid as ****, you could have said something like nerd or introvert considering reading is commonly linked to these two by people.

If you're trying to make a point don't add in stupid made up words otherwise you do look pretty autistic.

I just think that people need to have more common sense.
I don't see the problem with trying to talk sense into people, because living with your head down is the same as being dead. Internet or IRL, you have to stand up for reason, even if you know there will be consequences, some of the greatests feats of human progress were accomplished with that attitude, the poeple who just accepted everything and just took it, died in the gutters.

Sort of - the 'o' in Osushi denotes respect to the food item. おすし大好き is perfectly acceptable when conversing among peers or people lower in the social pecking order, but if you were talking to a teacher or someone else of higher social standing, the おすしが大好きです form is more acceptable. It's all about context.